Boston Public Library
Great Stories for Sports Fans
For Older Readers (grades 6-8)

Booklists for Kids


Avi. S.O.R. LOSERS.
Their school forces a group of boys who hate sports to play soccer--with dismal, and often hilarious, results.

Bonham, Frank. THE RASCALS FROM HASKELLS'S GYM.
Sissy and her teammates in the Butterflies Gymnastic Club are determined to beat their rivals. Haskell's Raskells, in the annual four-club invitational meet.

Brooks, Bruce. THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN.
Jerome teaches a troubled white boy named Bix how to play basketball.

Kelly, Jeffrey. THE BASEMENT BASEBALL CLUB.
The McCarthy Roaders try to recruit a new kid in the neighborhood with a great reputation as a ball player so they can beat their arch enemies, the Hemlock Street Poisons, in sandlot baseball.

Spinelli, Jerry. THERE'S A GIRL IN MY HAMMERLOCK.
Maisie Potter causes an uproar when she joins the boys' wrestling team despite the objections of her school and town.

Zirpoli, Jane. ROOTS IN THE OUTFIELD.
Despite his love for the game, Josh Morris can't seem to overcome one slight problem with his playing--he's afraid to catch the baseball.


Compiled by Margaret McAteer, Charlestown Branch, Boston Public Library, September 1995.